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To smile in an affected, coy, or foolish manner.

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simper

The comic character would simper whenever a wealthy visitor entered.
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The apprentice was meant to simper when pretending to be charming, producing a coy, affected smile that the audience could recognize as artificial.
From Social Manner on Stage.
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